History of the treatment of spinal injuries / John Russell Silver ; foreword by Roger Bannister.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Silver, John R. (John Russell)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spinal cord--Wounds and injuries--Treatment--History.

Spinal cord.

Spine--Wounds and injuries--Treatment--History.

Spine.

Spinal Cord--surgery.

Neurosurgery--history.

Spinal Cord Injuries--rehabilitation.

Spine--Wounds and injuries--Treatment.

History.

Spine--Wounds and injuries.

Spinal cord--Wounds and injuries--Treatment.

Spinal cord--Wounds and injuries.

Medical Subjects:

Spinal Cord--surgery.

Neurosurgery--history.

Spinal Cord Injuries--rehabilitation.

Physical Description:

xvii, 297 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, [2003]

Summary:

Injury of the spinal cord has been known since antiquity. There is no cure for the injury and until modern times patients died rapidly from a combination of pressure sores and urinary tract infection. Treatment consists of preventing complications until the spine has stabilised and the patient can be rehabilitated to an independent life. History of the Treatment of Spinal Injuries explores how this treatment developed in the Ancient World, the Middle Ages, in Europe, Great Britain and latterly in the United States. It describes how these principles of treatment were recognised and explores the relationship and rivalry of the powerful personalities of the doctors who developed this treatment against the social background at different times.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Historical Survey 5

Chapter 2 The United Kingdom 11

Chapter 3 Sir Ludwig Guttmann (1899-1980) and the National Spinal Injuries Centre 85

Chapter 4 United States 99

Chapter 5 Canada 135

Chapter 6 The German-Speaking World 145

Chapter 7 France 205.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-279) and index.

ISBN:

0306480328

OCLC:

53052030